@sgopal2 Thank you for this tip. I will be contacting the coach after my junior season.
It has never really occurred to me that living in such a small state would make a difference. I actually go to the public school in the same town as Phillips Exeter—I did this because competition there is too fierce and I have no trouble standing out at a public. Hopefully colleges won’t confuse the two schools lol.
Any recommendations on schools further away with fewer NH applicants that have strong STEM programs? I’m quite interested in Columbia. Visited Northwestern last summer but their CS isn’t the greatest.